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10/5/2012 7:00AM

Europe's Parliament, Central Bank in Gender Spat

The European Parliament has pledged to promote more women in the boardroom, and it is now in a battle with the European Central Bank over the bank's choice of a male candidate for a vacant board post. WSJ's Frances Robinson reports. Photo: Reuters

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